{"id":62321,"date":"2026-02-12T12:38:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T16:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=62321"},"modified":"2026-02-12T12:38:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T16:38:12","slug":"school-bus-driver-charged-following-digby-county-crash-rcmp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=62321","title":{"rendered":"School bus driver charged following Digby County crash: RCMP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56501&#8243;]<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ROXVILLE:<\/strong> A 62-year-old Seabrook man has been charged following an MVC in Roxville on Feb. 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At approximately 2:35 p.m. on February 2, RCMP officers, EHS and fire services responded to a report that a school bus had gone into the ditch on Hwy.\u202f217 near Culloden Rd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>About 12 children were on board at the time. Four were assessed by EHS at the scene and released. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No additional physical injuries were reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56511&#8243;]<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>On February 10, RCMP officers arrested the driver, 62-year-old Harold Wayne Oliver, from Seabrook. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He\u2019s facing a charge of Dangerous Operation of a Motor Vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oliver was released on conditions and is scheduled to appear in Digby Provincial Court on April 13.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyone with information on the crash, including dashcam footage, is asked to contact Digby RCMP\u00a0Detachment at 902-245-2579.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To remain anonymous, call Nova Scotia Crime Stoppers, toll-free at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), submit a secure web tip at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.crimestoppers.ns.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.crimestoppers.ns.ca<\/a>\u00a0or use the P3 Tips app.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>File #: 2026-145470<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56530&#8243;]<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ROXVILLE: A 62-year-old Seabrook man has been charged following an MVC in Roxville on Feb. 2. At approximately 2:35 p.m. on February 2, RCMP officers, EHS and fire services responded to a report that a school bus had gone into the ditch on Hwy.\u202f217 near Culloden Rd. About 12 children were on board at the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4065,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[957],"tags":[10332,9731,63,14,2883],"class_list":["post-62321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-bus-driver-charged","tag-digby-county","tag-mvc","tag-rcmp","tag-school-bus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=62321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62321\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}